Aaron "Surf" Victorian was born in Ogden, Utah on March 11, 1988. The native of Laie, Hawaii studied psychology at San Jose City College. Surf lettered in football, wrestling and track and field in high school. He also competed at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin in the 100meters for American Samoa. Surf was the California state champion in the decathlon in 2010 and holds the American Samoa national record in the decathlon. He was first introduced to the sport of bobsled by his decathlete coach. Being a 220 pound athlete, his coach mentioned bobsled one day during training and it always stuck to the back of his mind. Surf never took it seriously until after he was done with his track and field career and wanted to still compete at an elite level.

FUN FACTS

- Surfing is his first love and if he could, he would do it every single day. He thinks of bobsled as surfing on ice.
- He graduated from Kahuku High School. "The pride of the North Shore Red Raider for life."
- He is half Polynesian, half American.
- Winter is his favorite season and Halloween is his favorite holiday.
- His favorite saying is "the privilege to work harder."